Broadcom MASTERS 2013 Semifinalists

Society for Science & the Public (SSP) and Broadcom Foundation announced on August 7, 2013 the selection of 300 middle school students as semifinalists in the 2013 Broadcom MASTERS® competition.

The 2013 Broadcom MASTERS (Math, Applied Science, Technology, and Engineering for Rising Stars) semifinalists come from 253 middle schools across the United States and Puerto Rico, and represent 123 SSP-affiliated science fairs in those communities.

Keys, EleanorGrade: 8L.A. Ainger Middle School- Rotonda, FLProject Title: THE Relative Impact of Ocean Solution as a Watering Medium for Tomato Plants and Its Influence over the Mineral Content of the Fruit

Lindholm, AdamGrade: 6Spring Ridge Middle School- Leonardtown, MDProject Title: How the Tyrant King Used Its Arms

Lindsay, ChristopherGrade: 8Iolani School- Honolulu, HIProject Title: Looking for Life in All the Right Places: A Search for Transiting Extrasolar Planets Using the CoRoT and Faulkes Telescopes

Liskij, NicholasGrade: 8SUMMA at Whitford Middle School- Beaverton, ORProject Title: Extracting Cellulase Enzymes from Varying Species of Soil Fungi Grown in a Cellulose Based Agar in Order to Produce Cellulosic Ethanol

Stone, ZachariahGrade: 7National Inventors Hall of Fame, Center for Science Technology Engineering and Science School- Akron, OHProject Title: How Does the Large G-Force Produced by a Centrifuge Aid in DNA Extraction?

Subraveti, VamsiGrade: 8Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magent School for the Health Sciences and Engineering- Nashville, TNProject Title: Magic of Matter: Subatomic Particles and the Mysteries of the Universe

Tumey, JaniaGrade: 7Romig Middle School- Anchorage, AKProject Title: A Year in the Life of a Creek

Uetrecht, EthanGrade: 8Palos Verdes Intermediate School- Palos Verdes Estates, CAProject Title: The Effects of Greywater on the Development of the Pieris rapae Butterfly

Vedamoorthy, KavinGrade: 7New Albany Plain Local Schools- New Albany, OHProject Title: A Simple Bio-test to Determine the Land Oil Spill Toxicity: Role on Seed Germination and Plant Growth as a Bio-indicator of Oil Spill and Its Environmental Impact